JOB INFORMATION

Job Requisition ID: 73477
Ministry: Environment and Protected Areas
Location: Edmonton / Calgary
Full or Part-Time: Full Time
Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week
Permanent/Temporary: Permanent
Scope: Open Competition
Closing Date: August 5, 2025
Classification: Senior Manager, Zone 1
Salary: $3,655.42 to $4,987.54 bi-weekly ($95,406 - $130,174/year)
Alberta Environment and Protected Areas is dedicated to safeguarding Alberta’s natural resources and ecosystems while balancing environmental and economic needs. We focus on wildlife conservation, managing protected areas, creating environmental policies, conducting research, and engaging the public through educational initiatives. Our commitment is to sustainability, ensuring Alberta’s landscapes and resources are preserved and responsibly managed for future generations.
The Resource Stewardship Division plays a central role in managing Alberta’s natural resources through science-based planning, policy development, and regulatory oversight. It ensures the sustainable use and protection of Alberta’s land, water, and biodiversity by integrating environmental data, supporting conservation initiatives, and guiding responsible resource development.

EDUCATION:

A bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science, Hydrology, Water Resource Management, Environmental Engineering, or a related discipline.

EXPERIENCE:

Minimum of six years of progressive, related experience in environmental monitoring, including:

• Extensive experience with monitoring systems, methods, and technologies for water quantity and quality, effluent monitoring, field instrumentation, data collection, and laboratory analysis.
• Experience developing and implementing audit and quality assurance programs.
• Supervisory experience leading multi-disciplinary technical teams, including coaching and mentoring staff.
• Strong ability to manage budgets, contract management, procurement, and infrastructure assets.
• Strong Occupational Health and Safety knowledge.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

As the Senior Manager, you will play a pivotal leadership role in managing Alberta’s Provincial Water Monitoring System, an early warning system for water quantity and quality that directly supports emergency preparedness, policy development, regulatory processes, and environmental stewardship.
Leading a diverse team of approximately 40 highly skilled, multi-disciplinary professionals across Alberta, you will oversee the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of rigorous water monitoring and auditing programs ensuring consistency, transparency, and scientific integrity of vital data that informs decisions at all levels of government and industry.
You will also manage operational and capital budgets, guide asset management for permanent and temporary monitoring infrastructure, and represent Alberta on post-secondary, provincial, and national committees shaping the future of water monitoring standards and practices.
This position is a unique opportunity for a passionate leader who thrives at the intersection of environmental science, program management, stakeholder engagement, and emergency response.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide strategic leadership and oversight for province-wide water quantity and quality monitoring programs.
• Direct the development of protocols, SOPs, and audit programs to uphold data quality and regulatory compliance.
• Lead operational delivery of long-term and emergency monitoring networks, rivers, streams, lakes, groundwater, and meteorological stations.
• Manage asset planning, infrastructure lifecycle, procurement, and maintenance for monitoring stations and laboratories and expenditure officer duties.
• Lead the Provincial Water Monitoring System’s critical role as an early warning system during environmental emergencies.
• Build and maintain collaborative relationships with diverse stakeholders, government partners, Indigenous communities, watershed stewardship groups, municipalities, industry, and academia.
• Represent Alberta on provincial and national committees to advance monitoring standards, technologies, and best practices.
• Provide trusted advice and recommendations to senior and executive leadership to inform policy, regulatory decisions, and emergency response.
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